SSC English Questions– One Word substitutions set -3

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In the following questions, out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

1. Belonging to the same time.
   A. Amateur
   B. Contemporary
   C. deadpan
   D. remark
   
   Answer

   B. Contemporary
   
   
2. The state of being unmarried.
   A. Celibacy
   B. exotic
   C. monogamy
   D. samba
   
   Answer

   A. Celibacy
   
   
3. Something that is extremely unpleasant.
   A. Copious
   B. porous
   C. odious
   D. extraneous
   
   Answer

   C. odious
   
   
4. To make something shorter.
   A. Slight
   B. aplenty
   C. salver
   D. truncate
   
   Answer

   D. truncate
   
   
5. The firing of several guns during a battle or as part of a ceremony.
   A. scarce
   B. salve
   C. salvo
   D. plexus
   
   Answer

   C. salvo
   
   
6. Killing of a human being specially by another.
   A. Sororicide
   B. Homicide
   C. patricide
   D. Matricide
   
   Answer

   B. Homicide
   
   
7. A person who is bad in spellings.
   A. Cacographist
   B. Almanac
   C. Calligraphist
   D. Ambidextrous
   
   Answer

   A. Cacographist
   
   
8. That cannot be Seized.
   A. Epitaph
   B. Aristocracy
   C. Expose
   D. Impregnable
   
   Answer

   D. Impregnable
   
   
9. A polite word for something shocking.
   A. statuesque
   B. aphorism
   C. Euphemism
   D. pleonasm
   
   Answer

   C. Euphemism
   
   
10. The use of more words than are needed to express an idea.
    A. vapid
    B. plectrum
    C. Pleonasm
    D. plosive
    
    Answer

    C. Pleonasm